By Joseph  Tumbey 

Concern Women of across the Country joined a human rights  advocate group “the Justice Forum Liberia JFL”  to protest against the sale and consumption of  illegal drugs  in the Country , characterizing  it as the current  National Emergency and medical crisis. 

On Monday April 10, 2022, the groups staged a daylong  protest beginning  from the Foreign Affairs Ministry and climaxing with the petition at the Ministry of Health in Congo Town.

“As a Civil Society Organizations, Justice  Forum Liberia  along with other Women  groups from Soniwein community,  Westpoint,  Newkru town and tye Country at large  are here by toet you know that we are very about  the speed in which the sale and the consumption of the substance known as Shisha/Hookah and Kush across our Country “, the groups  cried out. 

Presenting their petition to the Health Minister in Congo Town on Monday  April 10,  the lead Campaigner Mr. Maxon Kpakio claimed that  there have been several  created for the sale and consumption of illegal drugs across the entire  Country .

According to them, the growing wave of the establishment of the sale and consumption venues have had serious Quest in undermining the already health challenge the Nation is faced with and several threats on the life of their unborn generation to generation. 

Maxon Kpakio  who is also the Chief Executive Officer of Justice  Forum Liberia JFL  emphasized that whenever  the  youths abuse the Chush drug,  their brains  collapse and begin to behave like zombies  and subsequently pass off/ die.

However,  the groups made a  request for a robust action against  drugs  importers and dealers  across  the territory boundary of Liberia  and said the commonly sold and consumable  drugs  now known as kush  kills faster  than any outbreak in history. 

Received their petition on behalf of health Minister,  Dr.  Wilhelmina Jallah. Assistance Health Minister for Administration, Mr. James Forkpah assured the groups of taking a possible reaction  to their  request. 

Minister Forkpah noted that as  the sale and consumption of illegal  drugs   become  an alarming  situation in the society,  it’s a time for every Liberian to stand  strong  against  it in order  to  save  the youths and  Future generations.